French composer
Bruno Mantovani Bruno Mantovani (born 8 October 1974) is a French composer . He has been awarded first prizes from the Conservatoire de Paris which he joined in 1993. His work has been commissioned by the French government as well as other organizations. In September 2010 he was appointed to the post of director of the Paris Conservatory.
Biography
At 37, Bruno Mantovani became the director of the Conservatoire de Paris .[ 1]
In October 2018, his new composition Threnos was premiered at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Marin Alsop .[ 2] Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain , a position that began in January 2020.[ 3]
Awards
Works list
Orchestra
Art d'écho , for orchestra, 2000Con Leggerezza , for orchestra, 2004Concerto pour deux altos et orchestre , for two violas and orchestra, 2009Concerto pour deux pianos , for two pianos and orchestra 2012Concerto pour violoncelle , for cello and orchestra, 2005Fantaisie , for piano and orchestra, 2010Finale , for orchestra, 2007Jeux d'eau , for violin and orchestra, 2011Le Cycle des gris , for orchestra, 2005Le Livre des illusions , for orchestra, 2009Mit Ausdruck , for bass clarinet and orchestra, 2003On the dance floor , for orchestra, 20036 Pièces for orchestra, 2005Postludium , for orchestra, 2010Siddharta , ballet, 2010Smatroll (Le Lutin) , for orchestra, 2010Time Stretch (on gesualdo) , for orchestra, 2006Upon one note , for orchestra, 2011Zapping , for flute and orchestra, 2004
Ensemble music
...273... , for 17 musicians, 2010Concerto de chambre no.1 , for 17 musicians, 2010Concerto de chambre no.2 , for 6 musicians, 20102 Contrepoints de l'Art de la Fugue , for 7 cellos, 2007D'un rêve parti , for sextet, 2000Eclair de Lune , for three ensembles and electronics, 2007Le Sette Chiese , for large ensemble, 2002Les Danses interrompues , for 6 instruments, 2001Par la suite , for flute and ensemble, 2002Série Noire , for 14 instruments, 2000Si près, si loin (d'une fantaisie) , for two pianos and two ensembles, 2007Spirit of Alberti , for ensemble, 2013Streets , for ensemble, 2006Troisième Round , for saxophone and ensemble, 2001Turbulences , for 12 musicians, 1998
Chamber music
All'ungarese , for violin and piano, 2009Appel d'air , for flute and piano, 2001Blue girl with red wagon , for string quartet and piano, 2005D'une seule voix , for violin and cello, 2007Da Roma , for clarinet, viola and piano, 2005East side, west side , for five instruments, 2003Face à face , for four clarinets, 2010Happy B. , for flute, violin, viola and cello, 2005Haunted Nights , for clarinet, piano and vibraphone, 2002Hopla , for flute and boules de pétanque, 2010Icare , for two pianos, 2009L'Ere de rien , for flute, clarinet and piano, 2002L'Incandescence de la bruine , for saxophone and piano, 1997METAL , for two clarinets, 20038 Moments musicaux , for violin, cello and piano, 20085 Pièces pour Paul Klee , for cello and piano, 20074 Pièces pour quatuor à cordes , (Bleu, les Fées, L'Ivresse, BWV 1007), 2005Quelques effervescences , for viola and piano, 2006Quintette , for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello, 2013Quintette pour Bertold Brecht , for harp and string quartet, 2007Un mois d'octobre , for bassoon and piano, 2001Un Souffle , for flute and 4 percussions, 2005Une autre incandescence for clarinet, viola and piano 1998Until , for 3 cellos, 2010You are connected , for string trio, 2001
Solo
8'20" chrono , for accordion, 2007Bug , for clarinet, 1999Dédale , for piano, 2009Entre Parenthèses , for piano, 20064 Etudes , for piano, 2003Früh , for flute, 2001Happy hours , for violin, 2007Italienne , for piano, 2001Jazz Connotation , for piano, 1998Le Grand jeu , for percussion and electronics, 1999Le Livre de Jeb , for piano, 2009Little Italy , for viola, 20054 Mélodies arméniennes , for flute, 2010Moi jeu... , for marimba, 1999One-Way , for cello, 2012Suonare , for piano, 2006The worst of , for piano, 2013Tocar , for harp, 2007Trait d'union , for clarinet, 2007
Vocal or choral music
Akhmatova (opera) Opera Bastille , 2011Cantate No.1 , for chorus and ensemble, 2006Cantate No.2 (sur G. Leopardi ) , for soprano and clarinet, 2008Cantate No.3 (sur Friedrich von Schiller ) , for chorus and orchestra, 2012Cantate No.4 , for cello, accordion and chorus, 2013Das erschafft der Dichter nicht , for soprano and ensemble, 2002L'Autre côté , opera, 2006La Morte Meditata , for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 2000L'Enterrement de Mozart , for 5 voices and ensemble, 2008Monde évanoui (Fragments pour Babylone) , for chorus, 20085 Poèmes de Janos Pilinsky , for chamber chorus, 2005Vier Geistliche Gedichte , for chamber chorus, 2007
References
Further reading
Thiollet, Jean-Pierre , Sax , Mule & CoHumbertclaude Éric , Empreintes : regards sur la création musicale contemporaine , Paris, L’Harmattan, 2008, pp. 9–14. ISBN 978-2-296-06979-4
External links
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